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Tisha B\u2019Av is not everyone\u2019s favorite day, but it is one of mine- not because it is enjoyable, but because of what it represents.\"\"<\/div>\n
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I like Tisha B\u2019Av because of what it says to me about Jews- that we are a people that remembers and knows its past leads to a future.<\/p>\n

There are so many more Italians in the world than Jews. Yet no one laments for Rome. There are many more Greeks than Jews. The Acropolis and the Parthenon are tourist attractions, but does anyone mourn because of their destruction?<\/p>\n

Babylonia, Persia, Assyria, the glory of ancient Egypt- who remembers, who sheds a tear, who cares?<\/p>\n

I like Tisha B\u2019Av because only a people that can weep will someday learn to laugh. And I like Tisha B\u2019Av because I need it.<\/p>\n

In the midst of all the affluence and creature comforts, I need to remove my leather shoes and dim the lights. I need to fast and not to indulge myself. I need to read Lamentations and weep for my people\u2019s martyrdom, for its bloody history. I need to focus outward\u2026<\/p>\n

A man once said to me, \u201cWhy bother with an event that took place 2,000 years ago? Why mourn, why sigh? We have modern Israel, we should rejoice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there a country more concerned about daily security than Israel, or one that has more bitter experience of friendly countries growing cold and distant at the slightest provocation?<\/p>\n

No other countries have to struggle daily over the sovereignty of their ancient capitals. No other countries are restricted in their right to visit and worship at their ancient holy sites in their own land.<\/p>\n

One of the main reasons for the original destruction of the Temple and our exile from our land- baseless hatred among Jews- still exists among us. Tisha B\u2019Av is a good day to ponder unity and tolerance.<\/p>\n

I like Tisha B\u2019Av because it contains a message of profound hope and faith. On this day, the Sages tell us, the Messiah was born. How profoundly insightful, how ironic, how just- on the day of destruction, redemption began. The end was also the beginning. \u201cGive us joy in accordance with the days of our suffering\u201d, the Psalmist says.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tisha B\u2019Av is not everyone\u2019s favorite day, but it is one of mine- not because it is enjoyable, but because of what it represents. I like Tisha B\u2019Av because of what it says to me about Jews- that we are a people that remembers and knows its past leads to a future. 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